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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 845511" data-attributes="member: 1015">I do not believe that the Stayrm and the Eldreth represent the average sun elf mentality.By that logic, the drow aren't evil because they feel that they are simply exacting justice for their banishment to the underdark by killing surface elves.As stated in above posts, D&amp;D is a game of moral absolutes, not moral relativism.&nbsp; Justifying the means by the ends, feeling superior to other races to the point of being borderline genocidal, etc. are hard to classify as &quot;good&quot; behavior, even if your race does feel like it was chosen by Corellon Larethian to be the defenders of elvendom.Oh, and the Starym and Eldreth Veluthra are evil, not misguided.&nbsp; If the Starym and Eldreth are only misguided, then the same could be said of any evil organization in Faerun.&nbsp; The Stayrm and Eldreth Veluthra have clearly commited acts of evil (the Eldreth still are commiting acts of evil).&nbsp; You don't accidently summon demons (who are the very epitome of Chaotic Evil) and mate with them to strengthen your own bloodlines, nor do you unknowingly wage a crusade against non-elven infidels who deserve death because of slights that happened against the elves several centuries ago.&nbsp; Think about it, if humans commited these acts, they would (rightfully) be branded as evil in a heartbeat.&nbsp; Why should elves be any different?I stand by my original assessment:&nbsp; Sun elves are mostly Lawful Neutral, with more than a few of them being Lawful Evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dark Jezter, post: 845511, member: 1015"] I do not believe that the Stayrm and the Eldreth represent the average sun elf mentality. By that logic, the drow aren't evil because they feel that they are simply exacting justice for their banishment to the underdark by killing surface elves. As stated in above posts, D&D is a game of moral absolutes, not moral relativism. Justifying the means by the ends, feeling superior to other races to the point of being borderline genocidal, etc. are hard to classify as "good" behavior, even if your race does feel like it was chosen by Corellon Larethian to be the defenders of elvendom. Oh, and the Starym and Eldreth Veluthra are evil, not misguided. If the Starym and Eldreth are only misguided, then the same could be said of any evil organization in Faerun. The Stayrm and Eldreth Veluthra have clearly commited acts of evil (the Eldreth still are commiting acts of evil). You don't [i]accidently[/i] summon demons (who are the very epitome of Chaotic Evil) and mate with them to strengthen your own bloodlines, nor do you [i]unknowingly[/i] wage a crusade against non-elven infidels who deserve death because of slights that happened against the elves several centuries ago. Think about it, if humans commited these acts, they would (rightfully) be branded as evil in a heartbeat. Why should elves be any different? I stand by my original assessment: Sun elves are mostly Lawful Neutral, with more than a few of them being Lawful Evil. [/QUOTE]

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